n. structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly

n. a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper

n. a natural consequence of development

n. a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips

n. a compensating equivalent

n. the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her"

n. distance measured from the starting point, either the start of a file or the start of a memory address

n. the amount of space provided in the left margin during the layout of the document

v. make up for; "His skills offset his opponent's superior strength"

v. produce by offset printing; "offset the conference proceedings"